v. 简略；缩减；剥夺

Curtail \Cur*tail"\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Curtailed} (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curtailing}.] [See
{Curtal}.]
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to
abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak.

Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been
doubled. --Macaulay.